Hope College

Brian Morehouse '91 has developed the Hope College women's basketball team into one of the nation's elite programs during his tenure, guiding the Flying Dutch to national championships in 2022 and 2006 and a national runner-up finish in 2010 as well as 18 MIAA championships through the 2024-25 season.

In 29 seasons, Morehouse has guided the Flying Dutch to a 732-103 record (.877) and a 390-42 mark in MIAA play (.903).

On January 13, 2024, Morehouse became the fastest collegiate basketball coach to 700 wins with a 79-77, double-overtime victory against Alma College at DeVos Fieldhouse in his 795th game. He broke the collegiate record set by Mark Campbell of Union University, Tenn. (811 games) and the NCAA record set by Kim Mulkey of Louisiana State (813 games).

In 2022, Morehouse guided the Flying Dutch to the third national title in team history and a 32-1 overall record. Hope extended a winning streak to 61 games over three seasons — tying for the third-longest in NCAA Division III history.

In 2021, Morehouse led Hope to a 16-0 record in a season shortened by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Flying Dutch's 45-game winning streak set a school record and ranked as the eighth-longest in NCAA Division III history.

In 2020, Morehouse guided Hope to being the only undefeated team in Division III women's basketball with the No. 1 ranking. The Flying Dutch were one of 16 teams in title contention before the NCAA Tournament was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also marked the 22nd consecutive time the Flying Dutch had earned at least 20 wins during his tenure. Morehouse also reached the 600-win mark in his 690th game — faster than, at the time, any basketball coach in NCAA history at any level, women's or men's.  

Morehouse has been chosen as the Division III National Coach of the Year three times by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (2021, 2020, 2006). He was also named Division III Coach of the Year by D3hoops.com (2019-20).

Morehouse was selected as the 2024 MIAA Women's Basketball Coach of the Year by his peers after leading the Flying Dutch to a fourth consecutive regular season title and seventh consecutive MIAA Tournament title game appearance.

The Detroit Free Press included Morehouse among the state's top sports figures in 2006 and among the candidates for the newspaper's annual "Michigan's Best" honor roll.

Morehouse has been named the Michigan Collegiate women's basketball coach of the year by the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan four times in his career (2001-02, 2007-08, 2011-12, 2015-16).

Morehouse is ranked among Division III's elite active coaches by winning percentage. 

In 2024, Morehouse was selected as serve as an on-court coach for the USA Women's Under 17 Team Trials in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

A 1991 Hope graduate who serves as director of the college's DeVos Fieldhouse, Morehouse is familiar with the Hope basketball scene having served in the men's program for a number of years. He was the men's junior varsity coach for two years, compiling a record of 30-9. He was a student assistant coach through his undergraduate years.

Morehouse majored in business administration and had minors in history, psychology, and sociology and earned a teaching certificate for secondary education. He holds a master's degree in sports management from Western Michigan University.

Morehouse's basketball roots run deep. His father, Dean, was the boy's basketball coach at Fremont (Mich.) High School. He joined son Brian as an assistant coach in 2000-01. Brian and Dean were honored as "Hometown Heroes" during the 2006 National Baby Food Festival in Fremont.

Morhouse contributed a chapter to the book, "Chicken Soup for the Soul: Inside Basketball," chronicling an experience from the 2006 national championship run (February, 2009). Also, he was a contributor to a book Leadership Off the Wall (2010) by Paul B. Thornton. 

Morehouse currently represents MIAA coaches on the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Conference Captains Committee and serves as a member of the WBCA board. He also serves as a member of the board of the Hand Up Fund, and is involved with Special Olympics and Holland Area Hospice.

His wife, Elizabeth (Liz) Hain, a 1993 Hope graduate, played in the college's basketball program for two years. The Morehouses have two daughters, Meg and Emma. 

Home Record: 421-37, .919 (DeVos Fieldhouse 308-18, Dow Center 113-19)
Away Record: 311-66, .825
MIAA Record: 19 championships, 385-44, .897
NCAA Record: 21 appearances, 45-17, .726

Milestone Games

First Game Coached - at Grand Valley 71, Hope 45, 11-22-96
Victory #1 - at Hope 72, Saint Mary's 46, 11-26-96 (3rd game as coach)
Victory #100 - at Hope 89, Rochester 26, 11-20-01 (138th game)
Victory #200 - at Hope 89, Kalamazoo 66, 2-22-05 (250th game)
Victory #300 - at Hope 73, Olivet 42, 1-17-09 (358th game)
Victory #400 - Hope 62, at Defiance 56, 11-20-12 (468th game)
Victory #500 - Hope 95, Saint Mary's 58, 2-6-16 (576th game) 
Victory #600 - Hope 76, at Olivet 27, 1-25-20 (690th game)
Victory #700 - Hope 79, Alma, 2OT, 1-13-24 (795th game)

First Win in MIAA - Hope 65, at Albion 57, 1-15-97
First Win vs. Calvin - at Hope 59, Calvin 36, 2-15-00 (after seven losses)
Clinched First MIAA Title - at Hope 59, Calvin 36, 2-15-00
First NCAA Game - at Baldwin-Wallace 75, Hope 71, 3-2-98
First NCAA Win - at Hope 87, Thomas More, Ky. 76, 3-2-02 (after three losses)
First DeVos Fieldhouse Game - Hope 94, Edgewood, Wisc. 55, 11-19-05
First NCAA Final Four Appearance - Hope 59, Scranton, Pa. 56, 3-17-06
National Championship Game - Hope 69, Southern Maine 56, 3-18-06
National Championship Game - Washington, Mo. 65, Hope 59, 3-20-10
National Championship Game - Hope 71, Wisconsin-Whitewater, 58, 3-19-22